Senate composition at 1 July 1981
Government (31) - (2 seat minority)
Coalition
Liberal (27)
National Country Party (3)
Country Liberal (1)
Opposition (27)
Labor (27)
Crossbench (6)
Democrats (5)
Independent (Brian Harradine) (1)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1 July 1981ββto 5 February 1983. Half of theββstate senators were elected at the December 1977 election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 1984; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 1980 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1987. The territory senators were elected at the October 1980 election and their terms ended at the "dissolution of the House of Representatives," which was March 1983. However, "in fact," the Senate was dissolved on 4 February 1983 for a double dissolution election.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Brian Archer | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1975β1994 | |
Peter Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1984 | 1974β1991 | |
Florence Bjelke-Petersen | National | Queensland | 1987 | 1981β1993 | |
Nick Bolkus | Labor | South Australia | 1987 | 1981β2005 | |
Neville Bonner | Liberal | Queensland | 1987 | 1971β1983 | |
John Button | Labor | Victoria | 1984 | 1974β1993 | |
John Carrick | Liberal | New South Wales | 1987 | 1970β1987 | |
Fred Chaney | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974β1990 | |
Bruce Childs | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1981β1997 | |
Don Chipp | Democrats | Victoria | 1984 | 1977β1986 | |
John Coates | Labor | Tasmania | 1987 | 1981β1996 | |
Ruth Coleman | Labor | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974β1987 | |
Stan Collard | National | Queensland | 1984 | 1975β1987 | |
Mal Colston | Labor | Queensland | 1984 | 1975β1999 | |
Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1981β1996 | |
Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1970β1993 | |
Ron Elstob | Labor | South Australia | 1984 | 1977β1987 | |
Gareth Evans | Labor | Victoria | 1984 | 1977β1996 | |
Dominic Foreman | Labor | South Australia | 1987 | 1981β1997 | |
George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1984 | 1967β1987 | |
Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | New South Wales | 1984 | 1970β1989 | |
Patricia Giles | Labor | Western Australia | 1987 | 1981β1993 | |
Don Grimes | Labor | Tasmania | 1984 | 1974β1987 | |
Dame Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Victoria | 1987 | 1970β1987 | |
Janine Haines | Democrats | South Australia | 1987 | 1977β1978, 1980β1990 | |
David Hamer | Liberal | Victoria | 1984 | 1977β1990 | |
Brian Harradine | Independent | Tasmania | 1987 | 1975β2005 | |
Jean Hearn | Labor | Tasmania | 1987 | 1981β1985 | |
Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 1987 | 1981β2006 | |
Don Jessop | Liberal | South Australia | 1987 | 1970β1991 | |
Gerry Jones | Labor | Queensland | 1987 | 1981β1996 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1987 | 1964β1983 | |
Bernie Kilgariff | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 1983 | 1975β1987 | |
Misha Lajovic | Liberal | New South Wales | 1984 | 1975β1985 | |
Austin Lewis | Liberal | Victoria | 1987 | 1976β1993 | |
David MacGibbon | Liberal | Queensland | 1984 | 1977β1999 | |
Michael Macklin | Democrats | Queensland | 1987 | 1981β1990 | |
Kathy Martin | Liberal | Queensland | 1984 | 1974β1984 | |
John Martyr | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1981β1983 | |
Colin Mason | Democrats | New South Wales | 1984 | 1977β1987 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1961β1987 | |
Gordon McIntosh | Labor | Western Australia | 1987 | 1974β1987 | |
Geoff McLaren | Labor | South Australia | 1984 | 1970β1983 | |
Tony Messner | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1975β1990 | |
Alan Missen | Liberal | Victoria | 1984 | 1974β1986 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1984 | 1964β1983 | |
Cyril Primmer | Labor | Victoria | 1987 | 1971β1985 | |
Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1987 | 1967β1986 | |
Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 1987 | 1981β2008 | |
Margaret Reid | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 1983 | 1981β2003 | |
Ted Robertson | Labor | Northern Territory | 1983 | 1975β1987 | |
Susan Ryan | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 1983 | 1975β1988 | |
Douglas Scott | National | New South Wales | 1987 | 1970, 1974β1985 | |
Kerry Sibraa | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1975β78, 1978β94 | |
John Siddons | Democrats | Victoria | 1987 | 1981β1983, 1985β1987 | |
Michael Tate | Labor | Tasmania | 1984 | 1977β1993 | |
Baden Teague | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1977β1996 | |
Andrew Thomas | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1975β1983 | |
Michael Townley | Liberal | Tasmania | 1987 | 1970β1987 | |
Peter Walsh | Labor | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974β1993 | |
Shirley Walters | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1975β1993 | |
John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1978β2008 | |
Rt. Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1966, 1967β1987 | |
Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1967β1983 |
Notesβ»
- ^ The National Country Party changed its name to the National Party of Australia during 1982.
- ^ The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1983.
- ^ Father of the Senate
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1981". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.